What's the state of Philippine human rights under Marcos?

By Agence France-Presse

Jun 08, 2023 4:27 am

WHEN Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos was swept to power in 2022, human rights activists feared the worst.

Marcos had been a vocal supporter of his predecessor Rodrigo Duterte's drug war that killed thousands of people, and publicly praised his dictator father's rule.

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